December 20

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Better Than News

  • Reindeer Canes is a brand of reindeer-flavored candy manufactured by the Gnomon Chronicles Candy Company.

    Reindeer Canes is a brand of reindeer-flavored candy manufactured by the Gnomon Chronicles Candy Company.

  • Santa Claus Conquers the Sphere is a psychological comedy-thriller Christmas film directed by Nicholas Webster and Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, and Pia Zadora.

    Santa Claus Conquers the Sphere is a psychological comedy-thriller Christmas film directed by Nicholas Webster and Barry Levinson, starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, and Pia Zadora.

  • Twelve Monkeys in Tibet is a science fiction biographical war drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and Terry Gilliam, starring Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, and Bruce Willis.

    Twelve Monkeys in Tibet is a science fiction biographical war drama film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and Terry Gilliam, starring Brad Pitt, David Thewlis, and Bruce Willis.

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Grilled Cheese Sandwich is an American action-adventure foodie film directed by Steven Spielberg about archaeologist Indiana Jones, who is searching for the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich.

    Indiana Jones and the Last Grilled Cheese Sandwich is an American action-adventure foodie film directed by Steven Spielberg about archaeologist Indiana Jones, who is searching for the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich.

  • Elephant's Eleven is an American crime drama film about a mysterious masked man (John Hurt) who compels eleven strangers to rob casinos.

    Elephant's Eleven is an American crime drama film about a mysterious masked man (John Hurt) who compels eleven strangers to rob casinos.

  • The Elements of Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker, in collaboration with William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White.

    The Elements of Sanction is a 1972 thriller novel by Trevanian, the pen name of Rodney William Whitaker, in collaboration with William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White.

Are You Sure

• ... that mathematician Emil Artin (3 March 1898 – 20 December 1962) worked worked on algebraic number theory, contributing to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions; and that he also contributed to the pure theories of rings, groups, and fields?

• ... that Avian is a 1979 American science fiction poultry film about an aggressive and deadly chicken set loose on the commercial space hatchery Nostromo?

On This Day in Fiction and Nonfiction

  • 1494: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé born. He will be imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.

    1494: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé born. He will be imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.

  • 1901: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff born. He will design design and construct high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

    1901: Physicist Robert J. Van de Graaff born. He will design design and construct high-voltage Van de Graaff generators.

  • 1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

    1951: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho becomes the first nuclear power plant to generate electricity. The electricity powered four light bulbs.

  • 1962: Mathematician Emil Artin dies. He worked on algebraic number theory, contributing to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions. He also contributed to the pure theories of rings, groups and fields.

    1962: Mathematician Emil Artin dies. He worked on algebraic number theory, contributing to class field theory and a new construction of L-functions. He also contributed to the pure theories of rings, groups and fields.

  • 1989: Premier of License to Grill, a 1989 spy film about an MI6 agent (Timothy Dalton) who must stop a deranged grill manufacturer (George Foreman) from destroying the world's supply of propane.

    1989: Premier of License to Grill, a 1989 spy film about an MI6 agent (Timothy Dalton) who must stop a deranged grill manufacturer (George Foreman) from destroying the world's supply of propane.

Topic of the Day

David Brin

  • The Postum Man is a post-coffee dystopia science fiction novel about a man wandering the desolate Oregon countryside who finds a coffee maker, which he puts to using brewing coffee substitutes. His brewing service and claims about the return of coffeehouses give hope to the people, who are threatened by a murderous, decaffeinated latte militia.

    The Postum Man is a post-coffee dystopia science fiction novel about a man wandering the desolate Oregon countryside who finds a coffee maker, which he puts to using brewing coffee substitutes. His brewing service and claims about the return of coffeehouses give hope to the people, who are threatened by a murderous, decaffeinated latte militia.

  • The P-Value Man is a 1997 statistical mathematics drama film starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

    The P-Value Man is a 1997 statistical mathematics drama film starring Tom Petty and David Brin.

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